Whilst our schools are out for the big holiday it’s hoped less traffic will mean fewer delays for Ruddington’s long-suffering motorists. However, there are some scheduled roadworks going on which will inevitably still cause inconvenience and longer journey times.
First up, St John’s Road (pictured above) – a popular Ruddington shortcut – is closed to traffic from July 24th to 28th for National Grid work (as shown below), therefore motorists from Wilford Road will need to travel via the village centre to get into the estate or out onto Loughborough Road, and vice-versa.*
Five months of highway improvements to alleviate the daily traffic queues at the Kirk Lane/Loughborough Road/Flawforth Lane traffic lights have already begun – to add extra turning lanes at this increasingly busy crossroads. These considerably overdue works finally started during the second, third and fourth weekends in July, with preparatory work by National Grid, which will continue with another week of work in September.***
Alongside this electricity work, the further package of agreed improvements will continue when different parties undertake their respective works – which VIA East Midlands says have been co-ordinated to minimise disruption to road users through until the anticipated completion date in November 2023.
Next up, it’s been revealed there’ll be water main pipe replacement work by Severn Trent at this junction, from Monday 14th until Saturday 19th August, with 24-hour 2-way temporary traffic lights controlling traffic all week.**
The full list of Ruddington roadworks of which we are aware currently is below:-
*Monday 24th July to Friday 28th July – closure of St John’s Road – diversions signed via Easthorpe Street – utility asset works by National Grid.
Thursday 27th July – 9.30am to 3.30pm – three way signals at the junction of Wilford Road and Landmere Lane opposite Ruddington Manor Care Home – Polling works by BT Openreach to facilitate overhead spine cabling.
Thursday 27th July to Thursday 31st August – utility asset works on St Mary’s Crescent, Rufford Road and Easthorpe Street with temporary traffic lights also in use – by National Grid.
Thursday 10th August & Friday 11th August from 8.00am to 4.30pm – Resurfacing work on Flawforth Lane at the entrance to the Linden Homes housing development (Larkspur Drive) – Stop and Go boards in use.
**Monday 14th until Saturday 19th August – 24-hour 2-way temporary traffic lights at the Kirk Lane/Loughborough Road/Flawforth Lane junction – water main pipe replacement work by Severn Trent.
Monday 4th September to Tuesday 12th September – closure of Landmere Lane between Old Loughborough Road and the A52 access – diversions in use – large scale bespoke c/w patching repairs (preventative maintenance) by Nottinghamshire County Council.
***Thursday 7th September 2023 at 8.00am to Friday 15th September 2023 at 4.00pm – multi-way signals on Loughborough Road near the Kirk Lane junction – utility asset works by National Grid.
Looking into next year, National Highways has announced the long planned major roadworks to enlarge both the Nottingham Knight Island and Wheatcroft Island on the A52 should begin in September 2024. Find more details >>HERE<<.
Residents and visitors should anticipate delays and diversions for motorists, and also for passengers using Kinchbus 9, Nottingham City Transport’s Navy 3 & Green 10/10C/10X buses and the NottsBus Connect Service 863 during these roadworks.
RUDDINGTON.info will bring you details of further village roadworks as we receive them.
{PLEASE NOTE: The information above is subject to potential change and updates due to the weather and other operational reasons. We will provide timely revisions, here on our website, whenever we can. LAST UPDATE: Tuesday 8th August 2023.}
